elendraug:

ELENDRAUG’S TRANS*GUY GIVEAWAY

• A Mr. Fenis STP in your choice of skintone, donated by FtM Essentials—a sibling company of Early2Bed (NSFW)
• A t-shirt in your size, donated by Saint Harridan
• A binder of your choice from T-Kingdom (Pictured: M801), funded by my friends (love you guys <3)
• Anthony Logistics for Men Grab + Go airline travel kit and American Crew forming cream, donated by me
• Jamison Green’s Becoming A Visible Man, from my personal collection
• STP device donated by NumberOne Laboratory (caramel or peach)
• A backpack, stickers, and either a Mr. Limpy (3.5” or 5”, in vanilla or caramel) or a $10 gift certificate, donated by The Self Made Men
• Six cologne samples, donated by Sephora

All items except the book are BRAND NEW; the book is in like-new condition.

RULES:

1. Trans* identified ONLY! If you are female-assigned-at-birth and identify as transmasculine somehow — genderqueer, genderfluid, transboi, transdude, transman, drag king, pre-op/post-op/no-op, this is for YOU and you alone! No cismen! No ciswomen! This is NOT a cosplay giveaway!
2. Reblog as many times as you like, but please be mindful of your followers. People of all gender identities may reblog to signal boost! Thank you for your support. :D
3. 18+ only, and you must be comfortable with me shipping these items to you! I will ship outside the United States but may ask for your help paying shipping. I would really love to include trans* teenagers, because you guys need the support, but I don’t want anyone’s parents yelling at me. (If your parent/guardian is willing to talk to me about this, I may make an exception.)
4. You don’t need to be following me, but please check out the sponsors of this giveaway, especially those who have a tumblr presence: Saint Harridan | The Self Made Men | Number One Laboratory
5. Giveaway ends June 15th at 12:00 noon CST. Please have your ask box open! 

Enter here — tumblr will start archiving/deleting visible notes, and to keep it fair to those who are reblogging, I’m using a Google document. The usernames entered here will be kept in strict confidence and will be deleted when the giveaway is over.

Good luck!

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queensasha24:

transstudent:

We realize that transitioning isn’t for everyone. However, too many people make “regret” claims that simply aren’t true. Take a look. Share on Facebook. Retweet. Learn more (and download the study).

THANK YOU.

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consolecadet:

southpawscopic:

feminishblog:

Popular representation of “LGBT,” to scale.

This is a great graphic, representing of a big problem with regards to lgbtq advocacy.

This is painfully accurate. And also explains why asexuality isn’t even listed.

A lot of people I know jokingly say that the T in GLBT is silent. :I :I :I

“jokingly” yay

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tomboyfemme:

Saint Harridan - Kickstarting November 23rd, a clothing line of men’s clothing designed to fit women and transmen.

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drakensberg:

• No aspirin before surgery - it’ll make brusing and swelling worse.
• Especially before surgery, take shark cartilage, which helps with leukocyte formation, to fight infection.
• Especially before surgery, take vitamin C 1000 mg w/ bioflavanoids and rutin for tissue integrity.
• Especially before surgery, take vitamin E - only the natural stuff (the synthetic thins the blood) and not more than your surgeon recommends - taking too much can cause your scars to keloid (those thick, rope-like scars that stick out).
• Especially before and immediately after surgery, eat a nutritious, high-protein diet.
• Take button-down pyjamas and button-down shirts with you. You may not be able to get clothing up over your head after surgery, and you don’t want to be raising your arms like that for a while after surgery anyway - keep your elbows below shoulder height for at least a few weeks.
• The hardest thing after surgery, especially for the first few days, will likely be just getting up and down from beds or chairs or whatever. You use your chest muscles for more than you think, and while your muscles weren’t operated on, they’re still going to be sore - all the more so with the drains in immediately after surgery. Doing workouts to strengthen your abdominal muscles prior to surgery may help make that easier, but you can’t use your abs or your shoulders/arms without using your chest muscles at least a little. Don’t panic! You will, in all likelihood, be able to use the toilet without help, lift a glass of water or a forkful of food, and get in and out of bed. Just take it easy and be very gentle with yourself as you heal.
• Take some sort of “Wet Ones” or baby wipes so you can keep clean during the time before you’re allowed to shower again. Be careful of using them near the drain holes, though - people have got infections by getting too close. Try to get the flushable kind, which are less likely to contain alcohol or leave you feeling sticky.
• Get bendable straws in case you’re too sore to lift drinks the first couple of days.
• While you’re on antibiotics, eat plain yoghurt or take acidophilus tablets to prevent yeast infections (you don’t want those to happen).
• Have DVDs handy to keep yourself, and anyone taking care of you, entertained. Box sets of your favourite TV shows are ideal. When you’re recovering and on heavy-duty pain medication, you’re not likely to have the attention span for a two-hour film, but a 20-minute TV episode is perfect.
• Get a loaf of bread and eat a slice every time you take a pain pill, even if you’re not hungry or you just ate something else. The bread will help reduce or even eliminate nausea from the pain medication.
• Anaesthesia can take a long time to drain out of your body - up to a month or more, especially if you’re sensitive to it. While it’s draining from your body, it can cause significant depression. Talk to your doctor about getting a one-time prescription for antidepressants if this concerns you.
• If you have scars, once the surgical tape is off your scars, rub cocoa butter on them to help them fade. (That’s after you’ve used up whatever topical scar treatment your surgeon gave you, if any. You may be given a sample-size container of something like Kelocote or Mederma to start you off.)
• If you have scars, keep your scars out of the sun for a year to prevent keloiding. If you must go out in the sun bare-chested, put white medical tape over your scars - not even the strongest sunscreen can do the job.

(Source: ftmichael.transboys.info, via 69bakeneko)

genderedintelligence:

Exciting new talent search for TV comedy scripts featuring transgender characters and/or themes.

Trans Comedy have joined forces with BBC writers room to launch The Trans Comedy Award: a talent search to encourage writers to promote a positive portrayal of Transgender people in mainstream comedy.

The Trans Comedy Award opens up an opportunity for the transgender community and members of the general public to portray transgender characters and the transgender experience in an affirming manner.

We are looking for original comedy sitcoms, comedy dramas or sketch shows featuring transgender characters and/or themes and written for television. An award of up to a maximum of £5000 will be shared between the selected writer(s) in order that they may develop a pilot or taster.

The Trans Comedy Award will be judged by Ian Critchley (BBC Head of Creative Resources), Jon Plowman (Executive Producer, BBC Comedy), Kate Rowland (BBC Creative Director of New Writing) and a comedy writer/actor (name to be announced).

This opportunity is open to any writer as long as the work submitted is not currently in development or under consideration for development and has not previously been produced by any broadcaster or production company. 

Entries open from:  Monday 14th January 2013 (coversheet & postal address will be available on our site from 11th January 2013)

Deadline for entries: 5pm, Thursday 28th February 2013

Selected writers notified: End of May 2013

For full details and terms and conditions, see this link.

(Source: genderedintelligence, via howllor)

chiligoat:

bad-mojo:

fauxdraws:

Too nsfw for my art blog but not boner-inducing enough for my porn blog oh what to do.

When it doubt post to art blog.

So these were some rough sketches for paintings I’d love to do someday when I have the time and talent. I want to get some 18x24 canvases and just paint all day while blasting Imperial Drag’s “Boy or a Girl” through my house.

god that girl is SO FIERCE, i love these!

Fucking A.

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69machine:

Do non-ftms also transition?  Are they even financially supported and all?

Also is there people who took T and kept their birthname and legal gender?

wow questions 

Teah genderfluid/genderqueer/bigender/whatever people can transition, I’ve never heard of cis people transitioning but it must have happened? I know older women take T for health reasons…  Some people even de-transition… I mean, everyone take T for slightly different reasons and no one is forced to change their name and gender… 

And I don’t know how it works in most countries, but I know that in France to change your legal name and gender you have to go through surgeries and it’s very long and annoying and impersonal and complicated so even if I WANT too, I probably won’t change it even after transitioning… (And I’d need to find a name to change to ahah) 

So hmm I hope I could help a little? I’m sorry for all the butthurt people that left you ignorant comments. I wanted to answer them but I thought that it wouldn’t be good to continue that ‘conversation’… (I choked on my tea at that “I don’t believe genderqueer/agender/bigender people exist.” I mean, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? Like, good for you if you believe that dude but it doesn’t change that it’s something that exists and those people definitely don’t need your approval. /ANGRY)

Maybe the best thing to do would be to talk with other genderfluid/etc people who have or haven’t taken T and they could tell you how they live it and share their experiences… c: 

Anyway, I hope you’ll be less confused about all that soon. It took me a while myself to 1 - stop being confused on my gender 2 - stop being confused on how I want to transition, so I know it’s not a very nice feeling. Hugs and sparkles for you! /o/*****

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